Monday, November 24, 2014

It is IMPOSSIBLE To Spoil An Infant

Lots of parents including myself were worried about spoiling our babies by holding them too much, but it really is impossible.

  "During the first six months, it's really impossible to spoil a child," reassures David Mrazek, M.D., chairman of psychiatry and psychology at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota. "Meeting an infant's need to be comforted, held, and fed in a predictable fashion helps him feel secure and builds a loving relationship between parent and child. It does not lead to spoiling."

Responding to your toddler also fosters independence, says Peter Gorski, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatricians' National Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care. "A child will be more willing to explore boundaries and explore his world if he knows he can depend on his parents," Dr. Gorski says.
So, please do not ever think you can love and hold your baby too much, that little baby need all the attention from you that it can get.
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/behavioral/can-you-spoil-a-baby/

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